I know I'm getting ahead of myself. I have yet to shoot a bear. This is my 3rd year out and I FINALLY got close to one. No shot but he was in range at least.
In the unlikely event that I actually do shoot one - has anyone canned bear? I canned a bunch of my deer this year and OMG it's amazing. It's a fair bit of work but I think totally worth it.
Wondering if anyone has experience with bear. I'm guessing that it's a lot fattier so I'd probably want to brown the meat before canning. I browned some of the venison and some I didn't. I don't think it made much of a difference other than lowering the amount of fat in the jars. Venison fat is supposed to go rancid pretty easily - and I don't think that bear fat does - so maybe not as much of an issue?
Thoughts?